MexicanDragon

^ this **BRENT**

Nice DH! If you watch sports at all, cable box would be handy, otherwise why not an AppleTV or an HTPC with a BD drive? I cut cable about 5.5 years ago and there is very, very little I miss about it. The kids have Netflix and Hulu+ and YouTube... Works well for us. **BRENT**

My daughter (almost 12) is on the yearbook staff at her magnet school. Her grade went on a field trip to the Atlanta Aquarium, and she was one of four people allowed to take a camera. I set her up with my Canon SL1 with a 28-105 F/3.5-4.5 and a few tips on shooting. This was only her second time shooting a dSLR. She got a lot of pix of her classmates, but this pic I fell in love with. **BRENT**

I'm going to cut you. **BRENT**

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage It looks like Apple has finally solved (and distributed) the way of fixing the iMessage issue. You can now deregister iPhones (even if you already sold/traded/handed down/etc them) from iMessage and start getting messages from everyone again. Figured this may be of more help in the Android thread, but we all check this one anyways. **BRENT**

The Windows version *is* horrible. **BRENT**

Get Tidal and Spotify, download what you want. Dan is right about iTunes, though, with how it's the easiest to do. iTunes is horrible, though. **BRENT**

Is anyone else glitching where, when streaming, the song will repeat the last ~3 seconds or so a time or two, and then stop playing (if in an album, won't go to the next song)? Also, it's really spotty for me which albums will download after clicking "Offline." I've had to go switch completely offline, then back online, then flip to "Offline" on the album. This works some of the time to download things, but can't consistently do it. Really enjoying the SQ vs Spotify Extreme, though, from the 1-2 days of listening I have on my phone. **BRENT**

You've been on Tidal, no? **BRENT**

What else is there to do? **BRENT**

WTF ever, Wayne... you know I'm the world's 7th tallest Mexican. **BRENT**

I have a Deuter backpack I got years ago that loved. It wasn't for any kind of stuff you want to do (because, well, I'm me), but I dig the company. **BRENT**

Just get a 2.1A charger, or try plugging it into your computer. You may not want to do that, but if you buy into Apple, you have to deal with Apple. One part of dealing with Apple is having to buy accessories to make it do what you want, which is charge faster. I'm 95% sure that the replacement you'd get would act the same way under the same usage conditions. **BRENT**

Also, to approach those times you'd need to have the phone off completely. It looks like Yosemite is pumping out 2.1A over USB, where previous versions (and most computers) put out 500mA. I don't know if it's a hardware+software thing, or just software, but it is actually possible that plugging into your machine will work out better than the 1A charger that came with it. Try the comp, then buy a 12W Apple charger, and deal. **BRENT**

Welcome to 2011, my fiend. **BRENT**

And that was a few rooms away from the router, through a handful of walls

Sleep test center has wifi. **BRENT**

This is on 802.11n 5ghz wifi off an Asus TM-AC1900. There are 4 laptops goings + things streaming on 2 TVs. I really need to get a 3x3 USB3.0 dongle. Do those exist yet? FWIW, if you have T-Mobile service, you can get this router (basically an RT-AC68U with some software tweaks) for a 25$ deposit if you walk into the store, or they'll do it over the phone and ship it next day (I believe). It's beastly, and I love it. My old WNDR3700 topped out at around 70-80Mbps on this machine. I really need to hardwire something; I have to beat Colin at this game. I was able to get this on my phone a couple days ago. Also, you should all get gigabit fiber. **BRENT**

The Flaming Lips cover The Beatles' Sgt Pepper. <3 I was able to get one of the final few autographed copies of the vinyl of this (should be here in November), but NPR has it streaming (entire album and individual tracks). I've been listening to this 2-3 times/day at work and just love it.. http://www.npr.org/2014/10/19/356125413/first-listen-the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends **BRENT**

I used to have a browser window open for it, but not sure if they have some other notification. It's possible that you can sync messages to Hangouts and they may come via that app. I have an extension in chrome that allows for standalone chat. It's something that popped up that Google offered.

http://www.airdroid.com **BRENT**

^ Awesome! Very interested in a long term report. **BRENT**

<3 you guys. *hugs* I have a feeling I am being shamed horrible in VA for not riding, so I'm thinking about getting out for a ride with Xavier tomorrow (we had a wedding to go to that took up most of the daylight today that wasn't being used for sleeping.) I'm hoping Xavier (who turns 9 next week; I'm so old) is going to get in to mountain biking so he can be on his school's team next year. We have a new pump track that opened a few weeks ago that's a couple miles away (or can take the singletrack where we have a trailhead to a quarter mile away). I look forward to one day pushing a mountain bike on a trail and cheering him on. **BRENT**

Crap, I can handle it if it's obvious, it's the people who don't know they're doing it wrong that irks me. So much. Since it's Ari, it's OK. It it were say, raffy, then I'd be upset. **BRENT**

DIAF!!! BANNED!!! Two year time out!!! **BRENT**